If the frequency of a traveling wave train is increased by a factor of four in a medium where the speed is constant, which of the following is the result?
a. amplitude is one fourth as big
c. wavelength is quadrupled
b. amplitude is quadrupled
d. wavelength is one fourth as big
D
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